UC president Santa Ono and XU president the Rev. Michael J. Graham need to do what?s best for the game: Play it on campus in January. The Enquirer/Jeff Swinger

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Cincinnati's annual celebration of its basketball self is a little low on gas. Instead of talking about the Shootout (yeah, the Shootout) this year, we're talking about where it should be played ... next year. We're wondering if it should be played at all.

Xavier and Cincinnati have definite opinions on the game's future, and at the moment those opinions are as close as Venus and Mars. Xavier wants the game back on campus. Cincinnati does not. If there's room to wiggle, it hasn't shown itself.

The concern is that, at some point, it becomes more about winning than playing. Egos roam, and we're not ...